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The White Horse Inn (German: Im weißen Rößl) is a 1952 West German musical film directed by Willi Forst and starring Johanna Matz, Johannes Heesters and Walter Müller.[1] It is based on the operetta The White Horse Inn and is part of the operetta film genre.

The White Horse Inn
Directed by	Willi Forst
Written by	Horst Budjuhn Harry Halm Oskar Blumenthal (play) Gustaf Kadelburg (play) Hans Müller (operetta) Erik Charell (operetta)
Produced by	Erik Charell Günther Stapenhorst
Starring	Johanna Matz Johannes Heesters Walter Müller
Cinematography	Günther Anders
Edited by	Margot von Schlieffen Doris Zeltmann
Music by	Ralph Benatzky Robert Gilbert Werner Eisbrenner Robert Stolz
Production companies	Carlton-Film Styria-Film
Distributed by	Gloria Film
Release date	19 December 1952
Running time	95 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

It was shot in studios in Munich and on location around Lake Kochel in southern Bavaria. The film's sets were designed by Kurt Herlth, Robert Herlth and Willy Schatz. Paula Wessely was originally intended to star, but because she was unavailable, the lead role was rewritten for Johanna Matz.

Cast

• Johanna Matz as Josepha
• Johannes Heesters as Dr. Siedler
• Walter Müller as Leopold
• Rudolf Forster as Kaiser Franz Josef
• Paul Westermeier as Giesecke
• Marianne Wischmann as Ottilie Giesecke
• Sepp Nigg as Prof. Hinzelmann
• Ingrid Pan as Klärchen Hinzelmann
• Ulrich Beiger as Sigismund
• Klaus Pohl as Bettler Loidl
• Walter Koch as Piccolo Gustl
• Alfred Pongratz as Bürgermeister
• Meggie Rehrl-Hentze as Französische Braut
• Jean Gargoet as Französischer Bräutigam

References

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. German National Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links

• The White Horse Inn at IMDb

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